Py 2.5 on Language Shootout

[Ramon Diaz-Uriarte]

On 20 Jan 2007 14:19:12 -0800, Isaac Gouy <igouy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote:
> > On 20 Jan 2007 11:34:46 -0800, Isaac Gouy <igouy at yahoo.com> wrote:

(...)

> > >
> > > And that's why the existence of CINT is such a stark reminder of the
> > > separation between the language and the implementation. When people
> > > think of C what do they think of - gcc? tiny-c? intel c? microsoft c?
> > > some mythical C implementation?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Really, this ain't my war. Sure, there are two things: the language
> > and the implementation. But, for practical purposes, when most people
> > today say Python they mean CPython, whereas if the say Scheme, they
> > certainly need to say _which_ Scheme (I think only PLT is in the
> > official shootout page; there are others in the beta tests). If people
> > want to mean Jython or Stackless, they just say that. As for C, I
> > think people will need to qualify what exactly they mean.
> >
> > I think all these issues do not really lead to confusion for most of
> > us; certainly not if you go to the shootout page. But as I said, this
> > ain't my war. I was simply pointing out that correcting one poster for
> > talking about languages when referring to python was hair splitting.
> >
> > And I think we are all running in circles, because I guess we all
> > agree. This is turning into what in Spain (a country of catholic
> > tradition) we call a discussion about "the sex of the angels" (el sexo
> > de los angeles), i.e., whether angels are male or female or something
> > else. Since sexing angels is not my area of expertise, I'll just shut
> > up (I actually don't really know why I even said anything about this
> > issue; please, forgive my chatiness).
>
>
> In England the corresponding expression is "Counting Angels on a
> Pinhead"
> http://dannyayers.com/2001/misc/angels.htm
>

Thanks, that is neat. I find the discussion on the sex of the angels,
well, sexier. But we are probably a few hundred years late to start a
catholic-protestant religious war here :-).


R.

> >
> > Best,
> >
> > R.
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > > I think readers understood the previous poster.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > R.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Carl Friedrich Bolz
> > > > >
> > > > > --
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> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
> > > > Statistical Computing Team
> > > > Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme
> > > > Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO)
> > > > http://ligarto.org/rdiaz
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
> > Statistical Computing Team
> > Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme
> > Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO)
> > http://ligarto.org/rdiaz
>
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-- 
Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
Statistical Computing Team
Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme
Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO)
http://ligarto.org/rdiaz